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Periodic Elements

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Bodhisattva
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For school I have to remember the first 20 elements in the Periodic Table. I need help making up an acronym or something to remember them. The first 20 elements are:
H Hydrogen
He Helium
Li Lithium
Be Beryllium
B Boron
C Carbon
N Nitrogen
O Oxygen
F Fluorine
Ne Neon
Na Sodium
Mg Magnesium
Al Aluminum
Si Silicon
P Phosphorous
S Sulfur
Cl Chlorine
Ar Argon
K Potassium
Ca Calcium

+k for any help
Sep 15 2010 12:42AM
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CarRamRod
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flash cards....its not hard to remember 20
Sep 15 2010 12:44AM
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el_chupacabra
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seriously...not to mention you have to learn the 20 easiest elements there are
Sep 15 2010 12:45AM
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-Dan
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Arsenic is the 33rd. Thats really all you need to know.
Sep 15 2010 12:46AM
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low_fidelity
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I have a really helpfull one that saved my life in chem last year

H
H
L
B
B
C
N
O
F
N
N
M
A
S
P
S
C
A
K
C

Sep 15 2010 12:47AM
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Bodhisattva
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I'm just gonna do flashcards, just let this thread die
Sep 15 2010 12:48AM
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Bar_Down
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lol bro, just memorize the fuckin elements, its not complicated
Sep 15 2010 12:48AM
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Deezy
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just read over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over . then you will have them memorized. thats how memorization works right?
Sep 15 2010 12:49AM
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BootySpunk.
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They are not hard...only about 3 are difficult and the rest make sense as long as you have an idea of what the element is in thee first place.
Sep 15 2010 12:50AM
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jwalt
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I recited it in my head faster than I could read down the list.

Just take chem and AP chem, you'll have everything you need beaten into your head.
Sep 15 2010 12:51AM
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hellyeaaaah
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this.
Sep 15 2010 12:52AM
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Bodhisattva
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It's not that i don't know what each one stand for because they're all pretty basic besides K for Potassium and Na for Sodium it's just i can't remember the order there in
Sep 15 2010 12:53AM
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Bar_Down
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refer to my post up there^, because i wrote that knowing that you need to memorize the order as well, and that post still applies
Sep 15 2010 1:13AM
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